This lovely little damselfish, with its sumptuous mix of blue and yellow, is the latest to join the ever expanding Chrysiptera oxycephala group, bringing the total number of recognized species to six. These damselfishes aren’t often seen in the aquarium trade due to...
The Parapercis sandperches are one of the most highly diverse groups of reef-associated fishes, with roughly 81 species having been recorded (and many more yet waiting scientific description). Now, we can add another five species to the list, at least two of which are...
The Chambered Nautilus is one of the ocean’s most iconic living fossils, belonging to a lineage which has remained virtually unchanged since the Cretaceous. Still, no animal can truly remain the same over such a vast expanse of time; the process of speciation must...
Poma Labs made a splash at MACNA 2017 with the release of several new captively bred angelfishes. Their star-studded line-up included perennial favorites like the Blueline Angelfish (C. septentrionalis), lesser-known gems like the Bluespotted Angelfish (C....
A trio of mysterious new tuskfish species have been welcomed into the world thanks to a recently published review of the genus Choerodon. This brings the total membership in this group to 27 recognized taxa, all restricted to the Indo--Pacific, and, now, for the first...
A handful of new gobies have just been described from the West Pacific, all from the little-known genus Grallenia which, until now, had only three known species. This group abounds in sand flats, where their small size and cryptic coloration enable them to disappear...
Sacura sanguinea is a newly described species of anthias with some of the most vibrant colors and dramatic patterning ever seen in a reef fish. The name comes from the Latin word for “blood-red”, in reference to the thick stripe found in males which gradates from...
It’s not uncommon for new species of fish to be described, and every now and then we’ll even uncover new genera… but discovering an entirely new FAMILY of fish is almost unheard of. The most recent example was Protanguilla—Palau’s Primitive Cave Eel—first reported in...
A newly published study is out, and it offers some sobering news—15% of the fishes which enter the aquarium trade may be collected with the use of cyanide. The importance of this groundbreaking research can’t be emphasized enough, as it marks the first time that the...
An entirely novel relationship has just been discovered between a soft coral and one of the world’s most obscure invertebrates, the humble Goblet Worm. These little-known creatures belong to their own phylum—Entoprocta—of which there are only around two-hundred known...